Leah Le Lievre has a daily routine of taking her children to check the stock watering points on her western NSW property, so the prospect of a convoy of hay arriving is quite exciting. See the story here

Victoria's former water minister has slammed the new Labor Government for playing politics with the state's water boards. Yesterday, the Minister Lisa Neville announced all board members, including those at Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water and Lower Murray Water, would go in September. Half of the board members had been up for renewal in September but now all positions will be vacant. The former minister, and now Opposition's water spokesman, Peter Walsh says it's a purely a political stunt.